Rush County Community Foundation’s Field of Interest funds support more specific community interests. Recent recipients of the grant funds below include:

Boy Scouts of America Fund

Assist six scouts from Troops 28 and 333 with the cost of Camp Krietenstein

Rush County Cancer Fund

Funding to Indiana Women in Need Foundation to provide non-medical support services to women receiving treatment for breast cancer

CIRCLe Fund

Rush AIC Recovery Housing, Inc. received funding to renovate 430 N. Harrison St. into temporary housing for Rush County’s new drug court program

Rush County Education Fund

Provided funding to support classroom projects, supplies, playground equipment, and resources for Arlington Elementary, Rushville Elementary School East, and Rushville Consolidated High School

Helen and Jim Ewing Fund

Funding to support new infrastructure to improve facility capabilities and overall availability of food to those in need

Music for Rush County Fund

Funding defrayed the cost of the 2017 Heart of Rushville Riverside Park Concert Series

Rush County Parks Fund

The Rushville Parks Department utilized funds to replace the rubber mats at Waggener Community Pool

Mildreth I. (Jackson) and Byron P. Smith Fund

Alex Workman Memorial Fund

Rita Yager Memorial Ag Fund

The Nature Center utilized funds to develop a “Zoo Garden”, and Farm Bureau, Inc. further developed their “Ag in the Classroom” program by providing books for the classrooms and libraries of all Rush County schools

Youth In Philanthropy Fund

Funding provided 50 meals for the Group Work Camp hog roast

Shane Young Memorial Soccer Fund

Provided funding to replace worn-out practice balls and game balls to Rush County Youth Soccer

On the evening of November 8, 2017, Rob and Angie Workman were presented a framed picture of their son Alex, which will be hung on the Wall of Honor at the Rush County Community Foundation office. Alisa Winters, Foundation Director, and several members of the Board of Directors presented the picture at a community-wide autism … Read more